Private Dentist Ignoring Me

dumpster_fire2025

It seems very odd that you developed an abscess from a tooth extraction with one dentist and then developed another with an implantation from an entirely different one.

Are you sure you're taking proper care of your teeth?

This doesn't forgive him claiming he'd contacted you when he hadn't, but if you're not taking proper care of your teeth, those implants probably won't be seeing out this decade.

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dumpster_fire2025 said:

It seems very odd that you developed an abscess from a tooth extraction with one dentist and then developed another with an implantation from an entirely different one.

Are you sure you're taking proper care of your teeth?

This doesn't forgive him claiming he'd contacted you when he hadn't, but if you're not taking proper care of your teeth, those implants probably won't be seeing out this decade.

Yes I’ve taken good care of my teeth. I actually saw a specialist in between seeing the two dentists and she had her hygienist go through the different techniques of cleaning with me. I have an electric toothbrush which I use morning and night and I use a water irrigator in the evening but put mouthwash in it instead of water, which was a suggestion of the specialist. She said my teeth were very clean and didn’t need any descaling but I’d just had some bad luck developing an abscess and the likelihood of it happening again was very low. I then had a period of really bad health and was in and out of hospital over the next year with a form of blood cancer and it took its toll on my teeth which all crumbled as well as my nails breaking off, my hair snapping off and my whole body was bruised and sore. The private dentist said my teeth were fractured and crumbling probably due to both my illness and the effects of all the medication and he commented that they were not decayed and were actually nice and clean. He suggested I have some extracted and a bridge fitted. After that procedure I’ve developed an abscess again which they’ve put down to just plain bad luck.

dumpster_fire2025

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dumpster_fire2025 said:

It seems very odd that you developed an abscess from a tooth extraction with one dentist and then developed another with an implantation from an entirely different one.

Are you sure you're taking proper care of your teeth?

This doesn't forgive him claiming he'd contacted you when he hadn't, but if you're not taking proper care of your teeth, those implants probably won't be seeing out this decade.

Yes I’ve taken good care of my teeth. I actually saw a specialist in between seeing the two dentists and she had her hygienist go through the different techniques of cleaning with me. I have an electric toothbrush which I use morning and night and I use a water irrigator in the evening but put mouthwash in it instead of water, which was a suggestion of the specialist. She said my teeth were very clean and didn’t need any descaling but I’d just had some bad luck developing an abscess and the likelihood of it happening again was very low. I then had a period of really bad health and was in and out of hospital over the next year with a form of blood cancer and it took its toll on my teeth which all crumbled as well as my nails breaking off, my hair snapping off and my whole body was bruised and sore. The private dentist said my teeth were fractured and crumbling probably due to both my illness and the effects of all the medication and he commented that they were not decayed and were actually nice and clean. He suggested I have some extracted and a bridge fitted. After that procedure I’ve developed an abscess again which they’ve put down to just plain bad luck.

Then it seems a little strange that they would offer such an invasive treatment for someone at a much high risk of infection.

To be clear though, is this just another extraction? If that is the case it just seems like you are particularly susceptible to infections. If there was a piece of rotten tooth left in or something like that I could see the concern but if you're just overly susceptible to infections then it doesn't seem like they've done anything wrong outside of them falsely claiming they'd spoken to you. But I don't think that has substantially changed the situation.

sheramber

You originally said implants but now say a bridge?

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sheramber said:

You originally said implants but now say a bridge?

I’m not sure what it’s called to be honest. I had 3 teeth out and they implanted 2 teeth with one in the middle. I heard them refer to it as a bridge to each other but he called it implants when talking to me about it. 

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dumpster_fire2025 said:

[Deleted User] said:

dumpster_fire2025 said:

It seems very odd that you developed an abscess from a tooth extraction with one dentist and then developed another with an implantation from an entirely different one.

Are you sure you're taking proper care of your teeth?

This doesn't forgive him claiming he'd contacted you when he hadn't, but if you're not taking proper care of your teeth, those implants probably won't be seeing out this decade.

Yes I’ve taken good care of my teeth. I actually saw a specialist in between seeing the two dentists and she had her hygienist go through the different techniques of cleaning with me. I have an electric toothbrush which I use morning and night and I use a water irrigator in the evening but put mouthwash in it instead of water, which was a suggestion of the specialist. She said my teeth were very clean and didn’t need any descaling but I’d just had some bad luck developing an abscess and the likelihood of it happening again was very low. I then had a period of really bad health and was in and out of hospital over the next year with a form of blood cancer and it took its toll on my teeth which all crumbled as well as my nails breaking off, my hair snapping off and my whole body was bruised and sore. The private dentist said my teeth were fractured and crumbling probably due to both my illness and the effects of all the medication and he commented that they were not decayed and were actually nice and clean. He suggested I have some extracted and a bridge fitted. After that procedure I’ve developed an abscess again which they’ve put down to just plain bad luck.

Then it seems a little strange that they would offer such an invasive treatment for someone at a much high risk of infection.

To be clear though, is this just another extraction? If that is the case it just seems like you are particularly susceptible to infections. If there was a piece of rotten tooth left in or something like that I could see the concern but if you're just overly susceptible to infections then it doesn't seem like they've done anything wrong outside of them falsely claiming they'd spoken to you. But I don't think that has substantially changed the situation.

It was 3 teeth extracted and 2 teeth implanted with a third tooth in the middle. I’m not sure if that’s called a bridge or not as I heard them talking to each other and referring to it as a bridge but then when talking to me they referred to it as implants. My concern is that he was well aware of my previous abscess and the sepsis which developed very rapidly, and he also knew that I’d since been in and out of hospital with other problems. I’d asked if we should wait a while as I was likely immunocompromised but he said that made no difference as he would start me on antibiotics before the procedure and it would be good to get it over with asap. My husband even asked separately if it should be postponed and was told they were happy to go ahead. After I finished the antibiotics my husband phoned and told them I was hot but shivery and had pain in my gum which felt like some sort of infection. He didn’t call back but said he had. My husband phoned back next day and the receptionist said she’d written out a prescription for more antibiotics and would get him to sign and stamp it for me to collect later.  She also suggested I go to a walk-in centre if not improving. I just thought with me paying £7,500 then he’d see me in person as soon as possible 

J63320

I’ve had this sort of thing - four front teeth extracted (UL2,UL1, UR1 and UR2), two implants placed in UL2 and UR2, and then four new “teeth” in one piece, which is a bridge, screwed to the implants at each end. Strictly speaking, it’s only the bit that is fixed into the jaw that’s the implant, but the term gets used to refer to the whole thing.